Synonyms for ANTICIPATION
ænˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃənan·tic·i·pa·tion

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1. anticipation

   Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good. Thus, we speak of the pleasures of anticipation. A foretaste may be of good or evil, and is more than imaginary; it is a part actually received in advance. Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen. Compare ANTICIPATE.

   Synonyms:
   antepast, apprehension, expectancy, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foresight, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision

   Antonyms:
   astonishment, consummation, despair, doubt, doubt, dread, enjoyment, fear, realization, surprise, wonder

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. anticipation

   Synonyms:
   prevention, expectation, forestallment, awaiting, preoccupation, preconception, foresight, forethought, foretaste, prelibation, preclusion, pregustation, antepast, forecast, provision

   Antonyms:
   surprise, unpreparedness, un-expectedness, inexpectation, actual enjoyment, non-expectation, realization, consummation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. anticipation, expectancynoun

   an expectation

   Synonyms:
   prediction, anticipation, expectation, expectancy, prevision

2. anticipation, expectancynoun

   something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

   "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"

   Synonyms:
   prediction, anticipation, expectation, expectancy, prevision

3. prediction, anticipation, previsionnoun

   the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

   Synonyms:
   anticipation, expectancy, prescience, expectation, prediction, farsightedness, foretelling, prognostication, foresight, prevision, prospicience, forecasting

4. anticipation, expectationnoun

   anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

   Synonyms:
   anticipation, expected value, expectation, expectancy, outlook, arithmetic mean, prediction, prospect, prevision, first moment

Matched Categories

1. • Expectation
   • Hopefulness
   • Reasoning

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anticipationnoun

   Synonyms:
   expectation, expectance, contemplation, prospect, hope, trust, ABEYANCE

2. anticipationnoun

   Synonyms:
   foretaste, prelibation, antepast, presentiment, forestalling, foreseeing, foresight, prescience, prevision, forethought, forecast, preconception

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anticipationnoun

   Synonyms:
   expectation, preclusion, preoccupation, foretaste, antepast, forethought

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1. List of paraphrases for "anticipation":

   forecast, forecasting, prediction, expectation, impatience, advance, prevision, foresight, anticipatory, foretaste, waiting, preparation

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anticipation

   Synonyms:
   Anticipation, dynamic mutation, Sherman paradox

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1. Gregory Daco:

   Financial markets and private sector actors tend to react ahead of that date, if there is the anticipation that we will get very close to that drop-dead date, then financial market volatility generally tends to increase, stock prices tend to react adversely.

2. Marcus Xu:

   This is basically anticipation that going down the road the U.S. economy might start to slow down a little bit. The Canadian side is being dragged from that.

3. Neil Patrick Harris:

   It’s the anticipation of jumping that is terrifying, once you do it, it’s super awesome and super fun and you want to do it again!

4. Sabrina Swain:

   We were already aware of his countertop speeches, so we cleared the space and prepared in anticipation, it did not bother us at all.

5. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   There's anticipation that we would need a fall booster and what that framework would look like and if a vaccine is needed due to a different variant, this becomes challenging, because is it really a booster if it's not the same formulation ? And should we be talking about it in that way or is it simply a new vaccination ?